Editing The Eminem Show (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 75/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-eminem-show/eminem|title=Reviews for The Eminem Show by Eminem|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=April 2, 2009}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-eminem-show-mw0000140333|title=The Eminem Show – Eminem|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2Score = A−<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=11662|title=Eminem: The Eminem Show|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|access-date=October 17, 2010|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2002/06/07/eminem-show|title=The Eminem Show|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 7, 2002|access-date=October 17, 2010|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162552/https://ew.com/article/2002/06/07/eminem-show/|archive-date=November 24, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''
| rev4Score = 4/5<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/REVIEW-Armed-and-angry-Eminem-takes-on-nation-2817227.php|title=Armed and angry / Eminem takes on nation and world with 'The Eminem Show'|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=May 28, 2002|access-date=June 29, 2017|last=Chonin|first=Neva}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = 9/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/eminem/6410|title=Eminem : The Eminem Show|journal=[[NME]]|date=June 1, 2002|access-date=October 17, 2010|last=Needham|first=Alex|page=36|quote=Though it's partially masked (the only censored line on the album), on 'Hailie's Song', an otherwise tender eulogy to his daughter, Eminem clearly raps the line 'I'm so glad her mom didn't abort her'.}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6Score = 9.1/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2771-the-eminem-show/|title=Eminem: The Eminem Show|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=June 3, 2002|access-date=October 17, 2010|last=P.|first=Ethan}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Q"/>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-eminem-show-20020606|title=The Eminem Show|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 6, 2002|access-date=February 5, 2012|last=Ex|first=Kris}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RSguide">{{cite book|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|chapter=Eminem|last=Hoard|first=Christian|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA276|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|access-date=June 12, 2012|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/276 276–77]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[USA Today]]''
| rev10Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="USAToday">{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/2002/2002-05-23-eminem.htm|title='Eminem Show' acts out venomous street theater|work=[[USA Today]]|date=May 23, 2002|access-date=November 5, 2016|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|author-link=Edna Gundersen}}</ref>
}}

''The Eminem Show'' was met with widespread critical acclaim.<ref name="metacritic" /> At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [[Weighted mean|average]] score of 75, based on 20 reviews.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Eminem Show by Eminem|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-eminem-show/eminem|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

Alex Needham of ''[[NME]]'' hailed ''The Eminem Show'' as a "fantastic third album" that "is bigger, bolder and far more consistent than its predecessors".<ref name="NME" /> [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' felt the album's more personal lyrics "succeed in fleshing out Eminem's complexities and contradictions", nonetheless concluding that "[l]ike its predecessors, though, ''The Eminem Show'' is a testament to the skills of its star. The sludgy rapping of such guests as [[D12]] only confirms Eminem's dizzying prowess, gob-spewing individuality, and wickedly prankish humor."<ref name="EW" /> Writing for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Kris Ex argued that Eminem "may have made the best [[Rap rock|rap-rock]] album in history".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-eminem-show-250117/|title=The Eminem Show|last1=Ex|first1=Kris|date=2002-06-06|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>

''[[Slant Magazine]]''{{'}}s Sal Cinquemani wrote that he "peels back some of the bullshit façade and reveals a little bit of the real Marshall Mathers" on an album that "displays a—dare I say it?—more 'mature' Eminem."<ref name="Slant">{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/eminem-the-eminem-show|title=Eminem: The Eminem Show|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=May 15, 2002|access-date=October 17, 2010|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal}}</ref> In his review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] said the album "proves Eminem is the gold standard in pop music in 2002, delivering stylish, catchy, dense, funny, political music that rarely panders".<ref name="AM" /> Critic [[Robert Christgau]] wrote: "I think it represents an articulate, coherent, formally appropriate response to Eminem's changing position and role, one that acknowledges the privileges and alienations that accrue to all fame as well as the resolution of Marshall Mathers's worst traumas and the specifics of his success."<ref name="Christgau" />

[[Edna Gundersen]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote that Eminem is "as good as he gets but in the end inflicts more damage on himself, hoisting ''The Eminem Show'' to a level of self-absorption rivaled only by [[Woody Allen]]", and despite the presence of some mediocre tracks, he "displays an admirable dexterity in blending invective and invention, even though his approach is more reactionary than revolutionary."<ref name="USAToday" /> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' wrote, "Behind the hype and the swagger, he's still baring enough of his soul for ''The Eminem Show'' to be compelling theatre."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Eminem: The Eminem Show|journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=63|date=August 2002|page=118}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' was more mixed in its assessment, stating that as "Eminem outgrows his old alter-id, so the obligatory pantomime villainy, skits and crass cameos by [[Shady Records]] signings become a hindrance."<ref name="Q">{{cite journal|title=Eminem: The Eminem Show|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=192|date=July 2002|page=109}}</ref> Marc L. Hill of ''[[PopMatters]]'' felt that the album lacked the shock factor of his previous albums and described it as "a disappointing combination of promising musical experimentation and uninspired lyrics."<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/eminem-eminemshow/|title=Eminem: The Eminem Show|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=June 13, 2002|access-date=October 17, 2010|last=Hill|first=Marc L.}}</ref>

[[Blender (magazine)|''Blender'']] named ''The Eminem Show'' the best album of 2002.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blender |url=http://archive.org/details/blender-2002-12-christina-aguilera-12-c |title=Blender magazine: 2002-12 |publisher=Blender |date=December 2002 |page=122}}</ref> The album became Eminem's third to win the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album|Best Rap Album]], while "Without Me" won Eminem his first [[Grammy Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]] award.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Eminem|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/eminem|date=2019-11-19|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> The album swept the [[MTV Music Video Awards]], winning four awards for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video|Best Male Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video|Best Rap Video]]. The album also won [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album|Best Album]] at the [[2002 MTV Europe Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Eminem Dominates MTV Europe Awards|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73461/eminem-dominates-mtv-europe-awards|date=November 14, 2002|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> both [[Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album|Album of the Year]] and [[Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album|Top R&B/Hip Hop Album]] at the [[2002 Billboard Music Awards|2002 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Moby : Ashanti, Nelly Big Winners At Billboard Awards|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1459086/20021210/moby.jhtml|date=December 10, 2002|publisher=[[VH1]]|access-date=September 26, 2011}}{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> both [[American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album|Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album]] and [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album|Favorite Pop/Rock Album]] at the [[American Music Awards of 2003 (January)|2003 American Music Awards]], [[Brit Award for Best International Album|Best International Album]] at the [[2003 Brit Awards]], and [[Juno Award for International Album of the Year|International Album of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2003]].<ref name=":22">{{cite news|date=February 16, 2011|title=Brit Awards 2011: All the winners since 1977|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/feb/16/brit-awards-2011-all-winners-take-that|access-date=September 12, 2011}}</ref>

===Legacy and reappraisal===
''The Eminem Show'' received critical praise by most music critics and is often debated as Eminem's most personal and best work. The album cemented Eminem's "[[three-peat]]" of classic hip-hop albums, following the critical appraisal of ''[[The Slim Shady LP]]'' and ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=3 For 3: 9 Artists Who Crafted A Triad Of Fantastic Albums In A Row|url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.2678/title.3-for-3-9-artists-who-crafted-a-triad-of-fantastic-albums-in-a-row|date=2014-12-18|website=HipHopDX|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> In 2003, the album was ranked number 317 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki/>'s list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], and was later ranked at number 84 on the same magazine's Best Albums of the 2000s Decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-153375/eminem-the-eminem-show-183166/|title=Best Albums of the 2000s|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> In 2007, it was ranked number 63 by [[The National Association of Recording Merchandisers]], in conjunction with the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], in their list of the Definite 200 Albums of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eil.com/features/Definitive_200.asp|title=The 200 Definitive Albums Of All Time Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2007 at EIL.COM, home of Esprit International Limited|website=eil.com|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine deemed it a "classic" album that "cemented Eminem's place as one of the most important figures in rap history",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/25-rap-albums-from-the-past-decade-that-deserve-classic-status/eminem-the-eminem-show|title=Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002) — 25 Rap Albums From the Past Decade That Deserve Classic Status|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|date=December 7, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2012|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829212304/https://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/25-rap-albums-from-the-past-decade-that-deserve-classic-status/eminem-the-eminem-show|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has included it on their list of 100 Best Albums of the ''Complex'' Decade, placing it at number 5.<ref name="complex.com">{{cite journal |title= The 100 best albums of the complex decade |journal= Complex |url= http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/the-100-best-albums-of-the-complex-era/gorillaz-demon-days#! |date= April 2, 2012 |access-date= August 9, 2015 |archive-date= September 23, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232540/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/the-100-best-albums-of-the-complex-era/gorillaz-demon-days#! |url-status= dead }}</ref> Following the 15th anniversary of the album, the [[Grammy Award]]s also described ''The Eminem Show'' as a "classic album".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/eminem-5-reasons-eminem-show-classic-album|title='The Eminem Show' At 15|date=May 25, 2017|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> ''Popdose'' ranked the album at 79 on its Best Albums of the Decade list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popdose.com/the-popdose-100-the-best-albums-of-the-decade/|title=The Popdose 100: The Best Albums of the Decade|website=Popdose|date=November 25, 2009|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref> In 2015, ''The Eminem Show'' was ranked number 56 on the Greatest of All Time ''Billboard'' 200 Albums.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums|title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001122709/http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=October 1, 2016|access-date=November 12, 2015}}</ref>